HR2302-119

What This Bill Does

The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025 revokes Public Land Order 3309 and transfers jurisdiction over the covered land to the Secretary of the Interior. Within 180 days, subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary must place approximately 80 acres of land shown as BLM Land-Proposed Transfer into Trust and approximately 185 acres shown as Indian Creek Ranch-Proposed Transfer into Trust Land Status into trust for the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California. The Secretary must review whether a survey is required, perform one if needed, make minor corrections to the survey or legal description, and keep the survey available for public inspection in the appropriate Bureau of Indian Affairs office. The transferred land becomes part of the Tribe's reservation and is administered under laws for Indian trust property, but it may not be used for class II or class III gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.

Who Benefits and How

The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria tribal government, tribal land managers, tribal members, Bureau of Indian Affairs trust-land staff, local land-use planners, and public-inspection users benefit because the bill gives the Tribe trust status and reservation status for specifically mapped parcels while clarifying jurisdiction, survey corrections, and federal administration.

Who Bears the Burden and How

The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior survey staff, federal land-records staff, county land-record officials, and potential class II or class III gaming operators must execute the jurisdiction transfer, trust acquisition, survey review, legal-description corrections, public file maintenance, trust-property administration, and gaming prohibition.

Key Provisions

• Revokes Public Land Order 3309 and transfers jurisdiction over the affected land to the Interior Secretary.
• Requires approximately 80 acres of BLM land and 185 acres of Indian Creek Ranch land to be taken into trust within 180 days.
• Requires survey review, possible survey work, minor legal-description corrections, and public inspection of the survey at BIA.
• Adds the transferred land to the Shingle Springs Band reservation and applies ordinary federal Indian trust-property rules.
• Prohibits class II and class III gaming on the transferred land.